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Category listing female national presidents in Africa. In the border regions of the continent there may be instances of transcontinental countries. Subcategories.
Pages in category "First women presidents in Africa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in Africa and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
Co Vice-President of the European Commission – Loyola de Palacio – 1999 [8] First Vice-President of the European Commission – Margot Wallström – 2004 [9] High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – Catherine Ashton – 2009 [10] President of the European Commission – Ursula von der Leyen – 2019.
Women presidents in Africa (1 C, 8 P) Women prime ministers in Africa (18 P) R. Women from Réunion in politics (10 P) Rwandan women in politics (5 C, 2 P) S.
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She was the second woman to become the president in the African continent, [5] after Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. She was also the country's first female vice-president. [7] In June 2014, Forbes named President Banda as the 40th most powerful woman in the world and the most powerful woman in Africa. [8]